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woodruff: then, ray suarez updates the bloodshed in syria as government troops bombarded the rebel-held city of homs and u.n. monitors reached the scene of the latest massacre. >> brown: from el salvador, we have the story of an epidemic of tooth decay in the countryside blamed largely on american junk food and sodas. >> when i go into a village and the kid was come flock around us and hug us and smile, that's when i saw, oh my god, their teeth are all block and rotten. i had never seen this before. what happened. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we look at the dashed hopes for a triple crown winner this year as the colt i'll have another is scratched from the belmont stakes after a leg injury. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> growing up in arctic norway, everybody took fish oil to stay healthy. when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil qual
woodruff: then, ray suarez updates the bloodshed in syria as government troops bombarded the rebel-held city of homs and u.n. monitors reached the scene of the latest massacre. >> brown: from el salvador, we have the story of an epidemic of tooth decay in the countryside blamed largely on american junk food and sodas. >> when i go into a village and the kid was come flock around us and hug us and smile, that's when i saw, oh my god, their teeth are all block and rotten. i had never...
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but by and large what we see are militias on the ground. they're organized based on town and city. and they don't agree always on ideology. and they have to come together. if they're going to beat this regime which still has a professional army and real weapons, they're going to have to begin to get a command-and-control and they're going to have to come together and work together. >> suarez: the rest of the world doesn't want to get involved but if you look at a map of syria, it touches all of the hot spots in that part of the world. iraq, lebanon, israel. it borders with turkey. if there's instability in syria, isn't it a big problem for a big bunch of countrys? >> it's an enormous problem. syria sits right at the intersection of virtually every key strategic rivalry in the region. it boardered israel. it borders turkey. it is part of a group of states through which iran has projected its influence in the region. and so instability in syria holds the potential for spillover in all kinds of directions: into lebanon and elsewhere. that would really raise the steaks of conflict in s
but by and large what we see are militias on the ground. they're organized based on town and city. and they don't agree always on ideology. and they have to come together. if they're going to beat this regime which still has a professional army and real weapons, they're going to have to begin to get a command-and-control and they're going to have to come together and work together. >> suarez: the rest of the world doesn't want to get involved but if you look at a map of syria, it touches...
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>> larg than 16 oces,es >> woodruff: what about the other point? i heard the mayor say to andrea mitchell on msnbc that nothing is to stop people from buying several drinks. doesn't that defeat the purpose of this? >> >> people can buy more than that so this is not limiting people's choice to drink a lot if they want to. but we know from portion size studies that if you get people a portion, they tend to consume that and if you give them larger portions they'll consume that. so even though they have that freedom by establishing the default as being a larger than 16 ounces we believe people will nsumless a it will be good for everyone's health without restricting people's freedom of choice. >> woodruff: do you want to respond to that, andrew mosel? it sounds like what the city is trying to do is set a standard. just get people to think more about what they're doing when they buy these big drinks. >> again, i have to reiterate i think the way... we have to do that through education and we have to remember we're setting a standard but we're also creat
>> larg than 16 oces,es >> woodruff: what about the other point? i heard the mayor say to andrea mitchell on msnbc that nothing is to stop people from buying several drinks. doesn't that defeat the purpose of this? >> >> people can buy more than that so this is not limiting people's choice to drink a lot if they want to. but we know from portion size studies that if you get people a portion, they tend to consume that and if you give them larger portions they'll consume...
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. >> warner: then over the weekend large protests erupted in chinese cities targeting japannese embassies and businesses. in some places they turned violent. major japannese companies, including toyota, honda and cannon temporary closed operations and urged their japannese employees to stay indoors. yesterday the chinese government moved to tamp down the demonstrations, stepping up police presence and announcing arrests. but then reports surfaced of two more japannese activists landing on one of the islands. chinese activists had done the same in the past month. and today chinese media released images of more than 20 chinese fishing vessels arrivingate at the island, a move the foreign minister defended in beijing. china is no longer a victim of bullying. china will not see its territories violated. the japannese purchase of the islands will not get in its way. we urge them to take seriously the chinese people demands, correct their mistakes, stop their violations and get back to the consensus with china and negotiate >> warner: amid the tensions u.s. defense secretary leon panetta was in
. >> warner: then over the weekend large protests erupted in chinese cities targeting japannese embassies and businesses. in some places they turned violent. major japannese companies, including toyota, honda and cannon temporary closed operations and urged their japannese employees to stay indoors. yesterday the chinese government moved to tamp down the demonstrations, stepping up police presence and announcing arrests. but then reports surfaced of two more japannese activists landing on...
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and it really comes down in large part to skill differences in the capacity of individuals to keep pace with this innovation. >> brown: and i assume, enrico moretti, that it can be hard for people to move in many cases, even nearby towns especially with the housing problems and other such things to keep them where they are. >> it is true. it's a paradox. the economic fortunes of american cities are diverging. and the difference between cities that droing well and cities that are struggling has never been larger. and yet mobility rates are very low today. and particularly low for low skill workers. workers with a high school degree or with worker who drop out from high school are the least mobile of all. and it is costing them tremendously in terms of earnings and higher unemployment rates. >> brown: interesting in the short term and thinking about the long term, enrico moretti and lisa lynch, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, jeff. >> brown: and as always when the jobs nbers come out, "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman weighs in online with his own "solma
and it really comes down in large part to skill differences in the capacity of individuals to keep pace with this innovation. >> brown: and i assume, enrico moretti, that it can be hard for people to move in many cases, even nearby towns especially with the housing problems and other such things to keep them where they are. >> it is true. it's a paradox. the economic fortunes of american cities are diverging. and the difference between cities that droing well and cities that are...
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it's a lot easier to protect one person than it is to protect a large family. >> suarez: have you seen monterey which was one of mexico's wealthiest and most advanced cities change as the government's war on the cartels escalated? >> well, you must realize that 10, 11 years ago, we were on the cover of business week and "time" magazine as the next hot spot of the world to invest in. hot spot indeed. but of a different nature nowadays. we have had mass killings in casinos. we have discovered mass graves. we've had mass bodies thrown as happened the day before yesterday. we've had inmates killed inside a jail. with baseball bats. 44 the last uprising a few months ago. so there is dysfunction that has set in to the city in the sense. >> suarez: how do you explain that nightmarish level of violence spreading now through many mexican regions not just the northern states coming so close to the united states but not spilling over into it. how come this hasn't involved the u.s. more? >> well, for one thing, there is a lot of armed forces on the border of different types. regional, local or fed
it's a lot easier to protect one person than it is to protect a large family. >> suarez: have you seen monterey which was one of mexico's wealthiest and most advanced cities change as the government's war on the cartels escalated? >> well, you must realize that 10, 11 years ago, we were on the cover of business week and "time" magazine as the next hot spot of the world to invest in. hot spot indeed. but of a different nature nowadays. we have had mass killings in casinos....
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and mortar fire, coupled with government airstrikes, are killing mostly civilians there, including large numbers of women and children. >> as soon as the syrian army a team from the "newshour's" pbs partner, frontline was in syria recently, in idlib province and the town of saraqib; the city of azzaz and, for six days, in aleppo. two of its journalists spent time with different elements of the free syrian army groups for nearly two weeks. >> we're crossing the front lines in the city of aleppo and >> reporter: ghaith abdul-ahad is a correspondent for the british newspaper "the guardian", and is reporting for frontline: >> one of the libyan fighters came to me and told me, they don't know how to fight. >> reporter: abdul-ahad and producer jamie doran left syria yesterday. margaret warner spoke with abdul-ahad from istanbul earlier this evening. >> it was the heaviest fighting i've seen since iraq, since fallujah, new jersey battles in iraq. serious heavy urban warfare people who fighting block to block, street to street. it was really really intense fighting. >> warner: so what kind of we
and mortar fire, coupled with government airstrikes, are killing mostly civilians there, including large numbers of women and children. >> as soon as the syrian army a team from the "newshour's" pbs partner, frontline was in syria recently, in idlib province and the town of saraqib; the city of azzaz and, for six days, in aleppo. two of its journalists spent time with different elements of the free syrian army groups for nearly two weeks. >> we're crossing the front lines...
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and when a large group of people gathers, a bomb lands or a shell lands. it's very hard to imagine that that's random. >> warner: one instance-- on august 21, a government helicopter opened fire on a breadline in an aleppo suburb, killing 21. >> they attack bakeries where they know people are going to be and get at the food supply of the population. they burn houses, dwellings for civilians. >> warner: jeffrey white, a defense fellow at the washington institute for near east policy, says the syrian government is waging a deliberate "scorched earth" strategy. >> it's trying to get at f.s.a. units that are embedded inside the population. where people are, the f.s.a. tends to be. so it is trying to strike at the f.s.a., cause some attrition on them. but it's also trying to punish the people, the civilians, for supporting the f.s.a. the relationship between the f.s.a. units and the people is critical to the success of the rebelion >> warner: why don't the regime forces just go into these areas and take them and hold them? >> it basically can't do that any long
and when a large group of people gathers, a bomb lands or a shell lands. it's very hard to imagine that that's random. >> warner: one instance-- on august 21, a government helicopter opened fire on a breadline in an aleppo suburb, killing 21. >> they attack bakeries where they know people are going to be and get at the food supply of the population. they burn houses, dwellings for civilians. >> warner: jeffrey white, a defense fellow at the washington institute for near east...
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the city also contains large pockets of poverty, mostly in the flatlands, where ebony's family lives. taken together, the city's public schools have an alarmingly high dropout rate; only about half those enrolled graduate from high school, according to tony smith, school superintendent for the last two years. >> i think we haven't designed schools and the education system in ways that really meet the needs of all young people, in particular children of color, african american, latino kids are being pushed out faster than anybody else. that plays out in terms of who's employed and who isn't, and that plays out in terms of the crime, in terms of the extraordinary murder rate and violence in oakland. >> reporter: those are issues educators and non profit groups have been trying to figure out for decades. techbridge-- one of those groups was founded in oakland by linda kekelis, who puts a lot of stock in positive role models. >> a lot of the girls that we work with never think about becoming an engineer or being a computer programmer. they haven't met an engineer; they haven't met somebod
the city also contains large pockets of poverty, mostly in the flatlands, where ebony's family lives. taken together, the city's public schools have an alarmingly high dropout rate; only about half those enrolled graduate from high school, according to tony smith, school superintendent for the last two years. >> i think we haven't designed schools and the education system in ways that really meet the needs of all young people, in particular children of color, african american, latino kids...
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they were relying largely on local libyans to handle it. there were four armed libyan guards and four unarmed libyan guards. there were also five armed americans at the time. i believe there were probably twice that many at the separate fight, the annex where there was a second set of attacks later on. that's pretty minimal. that had really been the state of security for the several months leading up even though there had been a number of attacks on western rgets ncluding t conlate itself which had been bombed in june. >> warner: and these were detailed, some of these in congressman issa's letter including an attack on the british ambassador's convoy >> right. warner: with r.p.g.s there were attacks on the red cross facility in benghazi. as siobhan said there was a june 5 attack on this very consulate that was later sieged. so that's why there were these questions right at the outset right after any after math of the attacks in benghazi what was the security profile and didn't all of these other episodes... weren't those cause for concern,
they were relying largely on local libyans to handle it. there were four armed libyan guards and four unarmed libyan guards. there were also five armed americans at the time. i believe there were probably twice that many at the separate fight, the annex where there was a second set of attacks later on. that's pretty minimal. that had really been the state of security for the several months leading up even though there had been a number of attacks on western rgets ncluding t conlate itself which...
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in new york, the city board of health officially banned the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks today. restaurants, concession stands and theaters may no longer offer containers larger than 16 ounces of non-diet soda, sweetened teas and other high-calorie beverages. the rule does not apply to supermarkets and most convenience stores. mayor michael bloomberg proposed the ban last spring in a campaign against obesity. he tweeted today, "it will help save lives." beef products incorporated is suing abc news for a series of stories this spring on what critics called "pink slime." the company claims the network misled viewers into thinking the product, officially known as "lean, finely textured beef," was unsafe. the lawsuit alleges the reports led so many customers to back away that the company lost 80% of its business in a month and laid off 650 workers. abc says the lawsuit has no merit and wiwie contested. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn back to the fed's decision to shift to a more aggressive course of action. investors and
in new york, the city board of health officially banned the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks today. restaurants, concession stands and theaters may no longer offer containers larger than 16 ounces of non-diet soda, sweetened teas and other high-calorie beverages. the rule does not apply to supermarkets and most convenience stores. mayor michael bloomberg proposed the ban last spring in a campaign against obesity. he tweeted today, "it will help save lives." beef products...
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large parts of anju city, north of the capital, were under water. people were getting around by boat in water-filled streets. and thousands of acres of farmland were completely submerged. the floods follow a severe drought, and are likely to worsen serious food shortages in north korea. the stock market put on the brakes today after last week's major rally. the dow jones industrial average lost two points to close at 13,073. the nasdaq fell 12 points to close at 2945. and now, we have some of the results from day three of the competition at the summer olympics in london. tune out for a moment, if you don't want to hear. in swimming today, american missy franklin won the women's 100-meter backstroke. but ryan lochte missed out on a medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle. france took the gold. and china won its second straight gold in the men's team gymnastics. meanwhile, olympic organizers struggled to fill scads of empty seats, left unused by sports federations. they're being given -- free-- to soldiers, teachers and students. we have this report fr
large parts of anju city, north of the capital, were under water. people were getting around by boat in water-filled streets. and thousands of acres of farmland were completely submerged. the floods follow a severe drought, and are likely to worsen serious food shortages in north korea. the stock market put on the brakes today after last week's major rally. the dow jones industrial average lost two points to close at 13,073. the nasdaq fell 12 points to close at 2945. and now, we have some of...